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Hang Up and Listen

The Name-of-Coach Experiment Is Over Edition

Hang Up and Listen

Joel Meyer

Sports, News, Sports News

4.6 • 986 Ratings

🗓️ 9 October 2018

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

Josh Levin, Ben Mathis-Lilley, and Slate’s Joel Anderson discuss Drew Brees becoming the NFL’s all-time passing yardage leader, the UFC fight between Khabib Nurmagomedov and Conor McGregor,  and college football at the season’s halfway point. Drew Brees (1:49): What does the New Orleans Saints quarterback’s success say about the NFL? And is his persona winning or grating? UFC (18:32): Was anyone seriously outraged by the melee after Khabib Nurmagomedov’s victory? And why weren’t more people outraged by McGregor’s actions before the fight? College football (32:02): Alabama is great again. Is Notre Dame any good? And will UCF ever get a shot at a championship? Afterballs(45:28): Ben on college football and TV commercials, Joel on ESPN’s Junior Seau documentary, and Josh on Alan Page. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

This episode is brought to you by Pepsi Max.

0:03.0

Pepsi Max knows the music isn't just a soundtrack.

0:06.0

It's a pulse, and every city has its own.

0:09.0

That's why they teamed up with Spotify to measure the musical taste of cities across the UK and create a

0:14.9

playlist that matches their pulse perfectly. From Glasgow's dance scene to the Rat Game

0:20.1

in Birmingham. Search for Pepsi Max's profile on Spotify to hear the music your nearest city

0:25.6

loves. Brought to you by Pepsi Max. Dusty for more.

0:30.2

The following podcast contains explicit language.

0:34.0

Hi, this is Josh Levine and this is Slade's

0:41.0

sports podcast Hang Up and Listen for the week of

0:43.3

October 9th 2018 on this week show we'll talk about New Orleans Saints

0:48.0

quarterback Drew Breeze becoming the NFL's all-time passing yardage leader.

0:53.7

We'll also discuss the UFC fight between Habib Nirmagamedov

0:57.6

and Connor McGregor

0:59.1

and the fights inside and outside the ring

1:01.4

after the officially sanctioned fight was over.

1:04.6

And we'll look at college football at the season's halfway point where somehow, some way, Alabama

1:09.7

is good again and Notre Dame is looking like a playoff contender.

1:14.0

Stephen Fatsis is out this week.

1:16.2

Joining in his stead is our slate colleague Ben Mathis Lily,

1:20.1

who recently expressed that he would pay for an app that removed the chargers from his TV feeds and consciousness,

1:27.1

a sentiment that got five likes on Twitter. Congratulations, Ben.

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